Microbial water pollution: A screening tool for initial catchment-scale assessment and source apportionment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 5649-5656

  Kay, D ^a   Anthony, S ^b   Crowther, J ^c   Chambers, B J ^b   Nicholson, F A ^b   Chadwick, D ^d   Stapleton, C M ^a   Wyer, M D ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^d North Wyke Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Faecal indicator organisms; Modelling; Pollution control; Sewage; Source apportionment; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL SOURCES; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN UNION WATER FRAMEWORK; FAECAL INDICATORS; FLOW CONDITION; GENERIC MODELS; HIGH FLOW; HIGH-FLOW EVENTS; LAND COVER; MANAGEMENT PLANS; MODELLING; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; RAPID ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASINS; RURAL CATCHMENTS; SCREENING TOOL; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; URBANISED CATCHMENTS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; POLLUTION INDUCED CORROSION; RURAL AREAS; SEWAGE; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

CATCHMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FECAL COLIFORM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION CONTROL; RIVER BASIN; SEWAGE; WATER PLANNING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; DAIRYING; FLOW RATE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HYDROLOGY; INVESTMENT; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEWAGE; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION; WEATHER;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 77953672108     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.07.033     Document Type: Article

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